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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	17	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 11, 1887	18th (2) (3)   19th (1)	Democrat	McKinney / Collin		Collin, Denton

(1) Independent, p. 163. Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885, 1885.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(3) 18th Legislature, Regular Session - All Senators except District 3 and 21 are listed in Roll Call as taking the oath of office, 1/9/1883, p. 2; resolution by Sen. Gooch that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/10/1883, pp. 5-6; drew term of 4 years. Senate Journal. January 10, 1883 January 9, 1883

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Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, p. 242. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
• Biographical sketch, pp. 307, 309. Represented De Kalb County, Missouri, in Missouri Legislature in 1856; later moved to Texas and settled in McKinney. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Other Resources

• Census of 1870 - John Johnson, Collin County, age 50, born circa 1820 in North Carolina, farmer, wife Polly.
  Census of 1880 - John Johnson, McKinney, Collin County, age 60, born circa 1820 in North Carolina, wife Polly. FamilySearch. 1870 1880
• John Johnson, birth date 2/23/1819, death date 8/5/1899, burial in Johnson Cemetery, New Hope, Collin County. Includes portrait, biographical sketch. Find a Grave.
• Biographical sketch, p. 83-84. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
• Obituary, "Capt. Johnson Dead," The Democrat, 8/10/1899, p. 5, crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. "He was elected as a member of the constitutional convention of Texas in 1875 and also to the State senate afterwards. It was in these bodies, by his earnest advocacy of the farmer's interests, he won from his political adversaries the sobriquet of Rutabaga Johnson which name he graciously accepted and almost invariably signed it to articles for publication." Death date 8/5/1899. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
• Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

Photographs

• Photograph. John Johnson, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. John Johnson, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 18th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, east wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
• 19th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, east wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.

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19th R.S. - 1885 Agricultural Affairs (Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Counties and County Boundaries   Finance   Insurance, Statistics and History   Purchase of Granite Quarry in Burnet County   Retrenchment and Reform   Roads and Bridges

18th R.S. - 1883 Agricultural Affairs (Chair)  Claims and Accounts   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   County and County Boundaries   Finance   Internal Improvements   Retrenchment and Reform   Roads and Bridges